Set up your PHP dev environment for PHLO
In this guide, you will learn how to set up a development environment in under 5 minutes to trigger a PHLO.
Prerequisites
Install PHP and the Plivo PHP SDK
You must set up and install PHP and Plivo’s PHP SDK to trigger a PHLO. Here’s how.
Install PHP
Operating System | Instructions |
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OS X | You can install PHP using the official installer. You can also install it from here. |
Linux | To install PHP on Linux you can find the instructions here. |
Windows | To install PHP on Windows you can use the official installer. |
Install Composer
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that is used in all modern PHP frameworks, such as Symfony and Laravel. We highly recommend using Composer as the package manager for your web project.
- Download the latest version of Composer.
Run the following command in Terminal in order to run the composer:
$ php ~/Downloads/composer.phar --version
Note: PHAR (PHP archive) is an archive format for PHP that can be run on the command line
Run the following command to make it executable:
$ cp ~/Downloads/composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer $ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer $ Make sure you move the file to bin directory.
To check if the path has /usr/local/bin, use
$ echo $PATH
If the path is different, use the following command to update the $PATH:
$ export PATH = $PATH:/usr/local/bin $ source ~/.bash_profile
Note: If your PATH doesn’t include /usr/local/bin directory, we recommend adding it so that you can access it globally.
You can also check the version of Composer by running the following command:
$ composer --version.
Run the following command:
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
Run the following command to make the composer.phar file as executable:
$ chmod +x composer.phar
Note: PHAR (PHP archive) is an archive format for PHP that can be run on the command line
Run the following command to make Composer globally available for all system users:
$ mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Download and run the Windows Installer for Composer.
Note: Make sure to allow Windows Installer for Composer to make changes to your php.ini file.
- If you have any terminal windows open, close all instances and open a fresh terminal instance.
Run the Composer command.
$ composer -V
Install Plivo PHP Package
Create a project directory, run the following command:
$ mkdir myphpapp
Change the directory to our project directory in the command line:
$ cd myphpapp
To install the stable release, run the following command in the project directory:
$ composer require plivo/plivo-php
To install a specific release, run the following command in the project directory:
$ composer require plivo/plivo-php:4.3.1
Alternatively, you can download this source and run
$ composer install
This generates the autoload files, which you can include using the following line in your PHP source code to start using the SDK.
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php'
Trigger a PHLO
Once you have created and configured your PHLO, copy the PHLO Run URL. You can integrate a PHLO into your application workflow by making an API request to the PHLO URL with the required payload.
With Static Payload
You can choose to either configure the mandatory params required for a PHLO while creating the PHLO itself or, you can pass the params as payload while triggering the PHLO from your app.
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<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use Plivo\Resources\PHLO\PhloRestClient;
use Plivo\Exceptions\PlivoRestException;
$client = new PhloRestClient("auth_id", "auth_token");
$phlo = $client->phlo->get("YOUR_PHLO_ID");
try {
$response = $phlo->run();
print_r($response);
} catch (PlivoRestException $ex) {
print_r($ex);
}
With Dynamic Payload
To use dynamic values for the parameters, you can use the liquid templating params while creating the PHLO and pass the values while triggering the PHLO.
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require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use Plivo\Resources\PHLO\PhloRestClient;
use Plivo\Exceptions\PlivoRestException;
$client = new PhloRestClient("auth_id", "auth_token");
$phlo = $client->phlo->get("YOUR_PHLO_ID");
try {
$response = $phlo->run(["from" => "+14157778888", "to" => "+14157778889"]); // These are the fields entered in the PHLO console
print_r($response);
} catch (PlivoRestException $ex) {
print_r($ex);
}
You can get your Auth_ID and Auth_token from your dashboard
You can find the PHLO_ID on the PHLO Listing page.